Vandal at the Whitney New York City police arrested a 33 year old man from Manhattan early Sunday morning immediately following his act of vandal at the Jeff Koons retrospective at the Whitney Museum of American Art. Perpetrator Christopher Johnson was caught red-handed, with spray paint in his pocket and bystander video footage of him committing the act. Johnson waited until midnight to strike, taking advantage of a moment when a curator was preoccupied with a question answer session. Though Johnson violated the exhibit, he didn’t damage any of the art, only spraying a few letters on a blank wall. About Jeff Koons Jeff Koons’ works gained prominence in the 1980’s after setting up shop in a former SoHo warehouse with a team of 30 assistants. Today Koons works with a team of roughly 120 assistants, implementing a color by number system to communicate his vision with his staff. His work is widely reputed for reimagining the banal as the whimsical, often focusing on everyday objects such as balloon animals, celebrities, and flowers.